Java Socket Terminal

💬 A simple Java client-server example using sockets, featuring real-time chat and command-line interactions in a terminal-style interface.

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🚀 Overview

Java Socket Terminal is a lightweight demonstration of a Java-based socket application.
It allows multiple clients to connect to a server and exchange messages in real time, while also supporting command-based input for shell-like interactions.

The project serves as a minimal yet expandable base for experimenting with network communication, threading, and simple command parsing.

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🧩 Features

• 🔌 Client-server communication via TCP sockets
• 💬 Real-time multi-client chat
• ⚙️ Command-line interface (supports /help, /list, /exit, etc.)
• 🧵 Multithreaded server
• 🪵 Basic logging in console
• 🧱 Modular and easy to extend

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🗂️ Project Structure

src/
├─ server/
│ ├─ Server.java
| └─ ...
├─ client/
│ ├─ Client.java
| └─ ...
└─ common/
  └─ ...

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▶️ How to Run

1️⃣ Start the server

javac src/server/Server.java
java src.server.Server

2️⃣ Start a client (in another terminal)

javac src/client/Client.java
java src.client.Client

💻 Example Session

> Connected to server
[Loris] Hello everyone!
[Server] Available commands: /help, /list, /exit
> /list
[Server] Connected users: Loris, Alice, Bob

🧠 Learning Goals

• Understand how TCP sockets work in Java
• Implement a multi-client chat system
• Create a simple shell-like command interpreter
• Practice threading and stream management

📜 License

This project is released under the MIT License

👤 Author

Loris Accordino 💡 Passionate about computer science, technology, and learning through building things.